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Tamil Nadu assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution urging the Union govt not to implement the ‘one nation, one election’ policy. It adopted another resolution unanimously urging the Centre not to carry out delimitation of constituencies based on the census post 2026, even as CM MK Stalin called the policy “dangerous, impractical and comical.” DMK allies, Congress, VCK, MDMK and Left parties supported the resolution. PMK, which released its shadow budget, did not participate in the day’s proceedings. Stalin moved both resolutions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized the need for inclusive, smart, clean, transparent, and green governments at the World Govt Summit in Dubai. He called for global cooperation on AI and cryptocurrency, highlighting ease of living, justice, mobility, innovation, and business. Modi stressed the balance between national sovereignty and international interdependence, addressing terrorism and climate change.

The ED has arrested 3 persons, including a homemaker, for alleged terror financing in Srinagar and Anantnag. They set up Al-Jabar Trust to collect funds for financing terrorists, organizing protests, sponsoring stone pelters. Trust facilitated admissions for J&K students in Pakistan. Accused remanded to ED custody.

Senior officials from Paytm have appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with suspected irregularities reported by the Reserve Bank of India lately. The regulator had prohibited the payments bank from receiving customer deposits after February 29. ED has asked Paytm executives to come again with certain documents sought by the probe team.

Former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji accuses the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of tampering with digital evidence seized from his residence to frame him for money laundering. He argues that the probative value of the digital evidence is suspect, making all other evidence based on it also suspect.

Mr. Ambedkar said there was no point in Mr. Jarange-Patil giving up his body in his fight for the Maratha quota

In a boost to India's meteorological services, Isro will launch INSAT-3DS from Sriharikota spaceport at 5.30 pm on February 17. The satellite will be launched by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle F14 (GSLV F14). In its 16th mission, the GSLV aims to deploy the satellite into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).

The Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi has become a burden for the government

According to a research conducted by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, the national capital was the most polluted city in the country out of 254 in January this year. The average PM2.5 concentration was 206 micrograms per cubic metre, exceeding the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) every day of the month. Bhagalpur was close to Delhi.

Centre has never blocked Internet outside Delhi before as State governments usually issue such orders; X, formerly Twitter, suspends two accounts reporting on farmers protest, citing a “legal demand”

Sonia Gandhi filed her nomination for Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan. Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Ashok Gehlot, and other Congress leaders accompanied her. Ajay Maken, Syed Nasir Hussain, GC Chandrashekhar, and Abhishek Singhvi are other candidates. Ashok Singh, Renuka Chowdhury, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Chandrakant Handore, and Anil Kumar Yadav are also nominated.

A six-term MP (five in the Lok Sabha and one in the Rajya Sabha), Deo fought the 2019 Lok Sabha poll on a TDP ticket from the Araku seat, which he held between 2009 and 2014, and lost

Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupender Yadav, Mansukhbhai Mandaviya, Parshottam Rupala, and Rajeev Chandrasekhar were not re-nominated to Rajya Sabha. Speculation is that they may be asked to contest Lok Sabha elections. BJP has released a list of candidates including Jagat Prakash Nadda.

A third round of talks between protesting farmers and a team of Union ministers will take place in Chandigarh at 5 p.m. on Thursday to resolve their demands, while a standoff between protesters and Haryana police continued at the Punjab-Haryana border areas of Shambhu and Khanauri on Wednesday, the second day of the farmers' march to Delhi.

Some of them even brought along paddy winnowing fans to change the direction of the smoke emanating from the tear gas shells

It was a lonely remembering day for Ashwin Kacchi's family in a Jabalpur village on the fifth anniversary of the Pakistan-backed terror strike that killed him and 39 other CRPF colleagues. On Wednesday, no one went up to see Kacchi's family in Khudawal village, which is only an hour's drive from Jabalpur, despite the Madhya Pradesh government's several promises.

43 years after the Behmai massacre, Shyam Babu Kewat was sentenced to life imprisonment for the shooting of 20 people by Phoolan Devi and her gang in Kanpur. The victims included Thakurs. Rajaram's son Raju Singh expressed frustration over the delayed judgment. On Feb 14, 1981, Phoolan and her gang stormed Behmai village, to avenge her gang rape by upper caste men.

Delhi CM Kejriwal summoned by Enforcement Directorate to join investigation in excise policy scam and money laundering case. AAP accused of taking bribes from liquor cartel. Colleagues in custody. Kejriwal summoned by court for non-compliance. Court orders Kejriwal to explain under IPC Section 174 and PMLA. Kejriwal must comply with Section 50(3) of PMLA.